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Oujda ā€”> Bouarfa

Georgina Kenchington HAF Volunteer Quote of the day: mother nature is most definitely in charge here. Approximately 270 kilometers, or 3.5 hours drive from Oujda lies Bouarfa, the destination of my first experience with cooperatives as a volunteer with the High Atlas Foundation. More specifically, the Farmer-to-Farmer USAID Project, which aims to harness the potential

Youth: Challenges in Education, Employment & Gender

Carol Ma Yau Ka HAF intern, CUHK student Morocco has a relatively young population, with 42% of its citizens aged below 25. The young population provides Morocco with strong human capital, and thus huge potential for future development. However, youth in Morocco are facing great difficulty in terms of education, employment and inequality. In the

Learning to Imagine

I didnā€™t think I would need to learn how to imagine at the Imagine workshops this week, but a rerouting and adjustment of my own mind became necessary. I am a pro at these workshops; engagement, listening, asking questions, empowerment. I mean I lead these activities for girls through my sorority, class service, and even

ā€œimagineā€ womenā€™s empowerment four-day workshop at cadi ayyad university (with uca and uva women students)

HAF Intern This week was all about women empowerment, we had a women’s workshop for four days and it was my first time to experience it. I did not know what to expect and how it will turn out… The workshop was led by HAF empowerment trainers – Amina El Hajjami, Fatima Zahra Laaribi and

My Development, Without Limits

HAF Intern, UVA student SCATTERED. For the past week, Iā€™ve been trying to put into words, or just one word, what the four-day womenā€™s empowerment workshop meant to me and I feel scattered just trying. All at once, the workshop was challenging, easy, meditative, analytical, goal-oriented, present-focused, relaxing, irritating, draining, and energizing. Iā€™ve written down

Students and Interns Publish with the High Atlas Foundation

Work-study students, interns, and volunteers of theĀ High Atlas FoundationĀ have opportunities to analyze development as it is experienced in rural and urban communities, by farmers, women, youth, and people of all backgrounds.Ā  We also give the students and volunteers the encouragement and support that they need in order to write their observations, improve upon their writing,

Take Credited Development and Arabic Language Courses with Haf and the University of Virginia: Engage in Applied Learning This Summer in Marrakech

Ā Ā  Under the auspices of the University of Virginia, the High Atlas Foundationā€™s President, Dr. Yossef Ben-Meir, will lead aĀ four-credit academic internship programĀ from May 27thĀ to July 19thĀ in Marrakech on the practical and theoretical dimensions of participatory development. While completing internships at the HAF and engaging in related coursework, students will facilitate communitiesā€™ planning of projects

La Vie En Vert

Zineb Sfar Volontaire, Douar Tizian En tant quā€™Ć©tudiante Ć  lā€™UniversitĆ© PrivĆ©e de Marrakech (UPM), jā€™ai eu lā€™occasion de participer Ć  un atelier sur lā€™environnement avec la Fondation du Haut Atlas pour le Douar de TIZYAN, avec le soutien du Bureau International OcĆ©anique, Environnemental et Scientifique des Ɖtats-Unis. A lā€™heure de notre arrivĆ©, nous avons eu

A Model to Implement Sustainable Development in Morocco

ā€“Ā A Model to Implement Sustainable Development in Morocco,Ā SAIS Review of International Affairs, by Yossef Ben-Meir (HAF President) 12 October 2018. Ā In terms of human development potential, Morocco is a nation of immense promise, where gifted fortunes of nature such as wide-ranging organic agricultural products come together with dynamic social development frameworks. This could launch the

Fulfilling Moroccan Development Visions

Ā  Ā  By Fatima Zahra Laaribi HAF Financial Manager and Womenā€™s Empowerment Trainer The event ā€œFulfilling Moroccan Development Visions,ā€ held the 9th of October 2018, began with expressions of gratitude to The High Atlas Foundation (HAF) for organizing such an important gathering. Gratitude was extended to all staff members of the Mohammed VI Museum for

HAF Integrates Cultural Preservation and Human Development

By Eliana Lisuzzo HAF Project Assistant The High Atlas Foundation (HAF) is a United States-Moroccan nonprofit organization committed to facilitating community-identified initiatives that catalyze sustainable human development in Morocco. One initiative we are extremely proud of is Cemetery Preservation in Essaouira that rehabilitates Jewish cemeteries and makes them more welcoming for families and visitors, to

Muslim-Jewish Goodwill Blossoms in Morocco

ā€“Ā Muslim-Jewish goodwill blossoms in Morocco,Ā Qantara, By Yossef Ben-Meir (HAF President), 19 September 2018. ā€¢Ā Arabic:Ā Qantara, 23 September 2018. ā€¢Ā German:Ā Qantara, 27 September 2018. The High Atlas FoundationŹ¹s fruit tree nursery project Since 2012, the Moroccan Jewish community has been helping local farmers by donating land around ancient cemeteries for the planting of fruit tree nurseries. The aim:

Katharineā€™s Story

By: R. Maxwell Bone HAF Intern Ā  Marrakech How does a stay at home mom from New York City with a background in marketing and publishing start a multi-national company and empower women from rural villages, many of whom are illiterate and have received no formal education? All that one needs to do to find

Year-End Achievements and Appeal

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Give to the High Atlas Foundation, Now More than Ever The future is incredible when we look at the many municipalities in Morocco whereĀ HAF-HA3Ā can help organic certify and sell their agricultural product globally – for their transformational benefit. Net revenue from organic sales are dividends for marginalized farming families, and fund the peopleā€™s priority projects

Meet a 2015er: Yossef Ben-Meir

ā€“Ā Meet 2015er: Yossef Ben-Meir,Ā U.N. Dispatch, Mythili Sampath Kumar (staff writer), 18 February 2015. This blog post is taken from an article written by Mythili Sampathkumar and published on February 18, 2015 forĀ UN Dispatch. This is the second installment of our new ā€œMeet a 2015erā€ series that profiles the women and men who are helping to

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